Energizing Risk: Mitigating Climate-Induced Threats to Himalayan Hydro Infrastructure
1. Introduction 1.1 The Hydropower Expansion Boom in Nepal’s Glaciated Basins Nepal has staked its economic future on hydropower. With an estimated theoretical potential exceeding 80,000 MW drawn from its snow- and glacier-fed rivers, the country has spent the past decade racing to build run-of-river (RoR) plants along the Trishuli, Bhote Koshi, Tama Koshi, and…